Charles Bukowski Quotes

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Capitalism has survived communism. Now, it eats away at itself.

The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it.

Human relationships didn’t work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people began to appear: cranks, imbeciles, the demented, the vengeful, sadists, killers. Modern society had created its own kind and they feasted on each other. It was a duel to the death–in a cesspool.

It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun

Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.

and getting dressed we talk about what else there might be to do, but being together solves most of it, in fact, solves all of it

There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.

Our disappointment sits between us.

I hated you when it would have taken less courage to love.

She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn’t have quite enough going for her to become what she imagined herself to be.